This is a series of five cross country races and is a competition for the local running clubs around Leeds. Each club can enter as many members as they wish, there are competitions for individual runners as well as teams of runners which are simply based on mens and ladies teams, there is also a mens and ladies veterans team competition.

The dates for the 2017/18 season of PECO cross country races are listed below and are now complete. If you are unsure what they entail please speak to the team captains/vice captains – Hadrian Knight, Paul Brown, Carole Clifford or Paula Brook. They are club events and very popular and worth giving a go!

Sunday 26th November 2017 – Nostell Priory

Sunday 10th December 2017 – Golden Acre Park

Sunday 7th January 2018 – Roundhay Park

Sunday 21st January – Middleton Park

Sunday 11th February – Temple Newsam

Rothwell Harriers Men have achieved promotion from the first division back into the premier division for this coming season.

Rothwell Harriers Ladies remain in the second division and we’re looking to gain promotion back into the first division for next season.

The way our teams can win promotion is to have at least 8 runners competing in each race for both the mens team (8 runners) and ladies team (only 6 runners), there can be more than 8 runners but it’s the fastest 8 runners to cross the finish line in the men’s team that score points for the team, i.e. 1 point for 1st overall, 2 points for 2nd overall etc.

So, if our team of men consist of 12 runners and the fastest 8 finish in 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th and 80th place, the men’s team will score 360 points (10+20+30+40+50+60+70+80). The team with the lowest number of points wins that day and is awarded 1 point. The team who is awarded the lowest number of points at the end of the 5 races is announced as the winning team in each division.

Previous results of the leagues overall can be found here: Peco Home Page

In addition to the PECO league, we have in the past had our own in-club competition so no matter how we do as teams, we have had our own winners within the club and receive club trophies for their efforts. As described above, from 2017-18 season our in-club XC Championships are based on the best 5 of 12 XC races available.

Championship results from previous years are available to download from below –

THERE WILL BE 12 RACES IN THIS SEASONS XC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
THESE WILL BE
4 X WEST YORKSHIRE XC
5 X PECO XC
THE YORKSHIRE XC CHAMPIONSHIP
THE NORTHERN XC CHAMPIONSHIP
THE NATIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIP
SCORING WILL BE 1st MALE HARRIER SCORES 100 PTS ,2nd 99 PTS 3rd 98 PTS ETC
1st FEMALE HARRIER SCORES 100 PTS, 2nd 99 PTS 3rd 98 PTS ETC
THE CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE DECIDED ON YOUR BEST 5 RACES OUT OF 12 AND YOU MUST DO AT LEAST 5 RACES TO QUALIFY FOR TROPHIES
TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES
1st and 2nd MALE AND FEMALE SENIOR
1st AND 2nd MALE AND FEMALE V35-44
1st AND 2nd MALE AND FEMALE V45-54
1st AND 2nd MALE AND FEMALE V55+
THERE WILL ALSO BE AN OVERALL MALE AND FEMALE SENIOR WINNER AND AN OVERALL MALE AND FEMALE VET 35 + WINNER.
IF ANY RUNNERS HAVE SAME SCORE AFTER 5 RACES HEAD TO HEAD WILL DECIDE FINAL POSITIONS
IF SCORES ARE STILL LEVEL COUNT BACK WILL APPLY.